SOCCER PLAYER

Orvar Bergmark

1930 - 2004

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Orvar Bergmark (16 November 1930 – 10 May 2004) was a Swedish football defender, manager and bandy player. He was the second Sweden national manager, and as manager to qualify the Sweden national team for the FIFA World Cup in Mexico 1970, after having beaten France (among others) in the qualifications. The 1970 World Cup was the first one for Sweden in 12 years, and it was also the first time in 20 years that Sweden had qualified for a World Cup. [Sweden hosted the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and hence did not need to qualify. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orvar Bergmark is the 1,242nd most popular soccer player, the 426th most popular biography from Sweden and the 26th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Orvar Bergmark ranks 1,242 out of 21,273. Before him are Daniel Van Buyten, Armando Castellazzi, Yuki Fushimi, Moacir Claudino Pinto, Hans-Jörg Butt, and Evaristo de Macedo. After him are Kazumi Takada, Phil Jones, Dieter Hoeneß, Luis Rubiales, Miguel Ángel Nadal, and Angelo Sormani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Orvar Bergmark ranks 246. Before him are Juan Gelman, Josef Hügi, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Miodrag Bulatović, Jean Guillou, and Gregory Corso. After him are Paul Poupard, Ahmed Osman, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Julián Herranz Casado, Freimut Börngen, and Robert Evans. Among people deceased in 2004, Orvar Bergmark ranks 132. Before him are Jesús Gil, Antonio Gades, Takeshi Kamo, Fred Lawrence Whipple, Jozef Lenárt, and Maxime Rodinson. After him are James Quinn, Ota Šik, Tiziano Terzani, José Giovanni, Cem Karaca, and Hubert Selby Jr..

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Orvar Bergmark ranks 426 out of 1,879. Before him are Princess Sophia of Sweden (1547), Stefan Johansson (1956), Ernst Trygger (1857), Carl Alexander Clerck (1710), Anita Björk (1923), and Göran Wahlenberg (1780). After him are Jacob Georg Agardh (1813), Margot Wallström (1954), Sixten Jernberg (1929), Olof Swartz (1760), Carl Johan Thyselius (1811), and Lars Gustafsson (1936).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Orvar Bergmark ranks 26. Before him are Knut Nordahl (1920), Tore Keller (1905), Bengt Gustavsson (1928), Pia Sundhage (1960), Sven Tumba (1931), and Ralf Edström (1952). After him are Conny Torstensson (1949), Nils Axelsson (1906), Martin Dahlin (1968), Bertil Nordahl (1917), Jan Olsson (1944), and Sigge Parling (1930).

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